Cartridge magazine



Dec. 8, 1931. c; T 1,835,517

CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE Original Filed Sept. 3, 1930 INVENTGP.

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a Megfi Patented Dec. 8, 1931 CARL onto, or PASADENA, CALIFORNIA CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE Application filed September 3, 1930, Serial No. 479,477. Renewed September 8, 1931.

' This invention relates to'devices used for carrying a suit-able or-desired number of cartridges or other similar projectiles to be inserted into a revolver in one operation.

' One of the objectsof this invention is to provide a magazine that will hold a number of cartridges corresponding to the number in the drum of a revolver for which the magazine is intended.

Another object is to provide a magazine designed to facilitate an insertion of a full load or complement of cartridges into the revolver.

, Another object is to provide a magazine designed to facilitate a removal of the magazine from the cartridges afterthe cartridges have been inserted into the revolver by means of the magazine.

. Another objectis to provide a magazine for a revolver designed to carry a full load of cartridges ready for use. 7

Other. objects will appear from the following description and appended claims as well i as from the accompanying drawings; in

which after the cartridges have been inserted into the gun.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a magazine in opened position as seen from the side designed to hold the rear ends of the cartridges.

Fig. i is a cross section on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a cross section of the lock on line 5 5 of Fig. 3. s

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal midsectional View of the casing-end with which the lock engages.

Fig. 7 is atop plan view of the closed magazine.

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the closed magazine with inserted cartridges magazine arepreferably kept within or near- The difficulty of reloading a revolver in action by the insertion of single cartridges at a time in the face of an antagonist who hap pens to have two revolvers is too obvious as to require further elucidation.

One of the princ'ipal-objects'of this invention is therefore to facilitate a reloading of a revolver to the fullest extent'possible and the shortest time while the revolver remains'in the operating hand of the user. a

in Fig. l a revolver is illustrated in the customary position within the grip of a hand. The catch 9 can easily be released by the thumb of the same hand when held in this manner; and, by a short and quick jerk in the direction of the arrow 10 indicated in Fig. 2, the-drum 11 can be caused to swing to the open, loading positionin'which it is here illus-' trated. I 1 Y However, instead of inserting one after another bnllet or cartridge afully loaded magae zine held ready for this purpose isplaced over the end of the drum, as will be clear from the illustration in F ig..2." i

A preferred form of magazine is illustrated in Figs. 8, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The housing of this magazine consists p'rincip ally of the short practically cylindrical portion 12 and the narrow annular bottom or backing portion 13.

Inasmuch as there is little room on the side 80 of the gun and particularly of the handle, and a rotating of the magazine together with the drum is desired for purposes that will be described hereafter,the outer contours of the ly within the limited area of the outer con-j tours of the drum. n v

Spring-like members, it are securedto or mounted on the cylindrical portion 12 with. one edge spaced from the backing l3as clearly indicated at 15 inljig. e.

One reason for this spacing is that some bullets or cartridges are providedwith flangelike portions on the rear end of the shell; while another reasonis to keep these springlike members 14 in their larger portions as free as possible for the release of the car tridges from the magazine. V

To facilitatea quick and most logical or at 7 least most eifective removal of the magazine from the cartridges after the cartridges have been inserted into the drum, the magazine is preferably made in yieldingly or hingedly interconnected sections, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 7 hinge-like members being indicated at 16.

A handle member 17 is provided on one of the sections of the housing of the magazine, by which the magazine is handled for almost any and all the different operations and functions performed with and by means of the' magazine.

The several hingedly interconnected sections of the housing can be locked into the solid ring-like magazine illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. One of the free ends of the housing is provided with the lock 18 from which small projections 19 extend inwardly to engage with corresponding impressions or recesses 20 in the opposite free end of the housing.

In this closed position, with the full number of cartridges inserted therein, the magazine is placed by the handle over the end of the drum, and, after the cartridges have been inserted to a suitable extent, though absolutely not nearly to their full length, the first section of the housing, by a quick jerk on the handle 17 in the direction of the arrow 21, indicated in Fig. 2, the magazine is unlocked, and then easily drawn and removed from the inserted cartridges in a sidewise direction from the gun. Each of the hinge sections swing radially and spirally outwardly from the axis of the drum in consecutive order, thus unrolling the magazine from around the com plement of cartridges while the drum rotates inthe direction of the arrow 22. A quick jerk of the whole gun in a direction opposite to the arrow 10 brings the drum back into proper position. 7 From the above it will be understood that the operator keeps his gun in his proper hand and may easily keep his eye on his opponent while reloading the gun fully in a quick and single operation.

From the illustrations in Figs. 3 and 4: it will also be clear that the opposite ends of the springdike members 14 are arranged in such a manner that the opened magazine can with case be drawn in the direction of the arrow'23 while the cartridges slip out in the direction of the arrows 24:.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a cartridge magazine, a housing made in hingedly interconnected sections forming a substantial cylindrical wall and a bottom with the comparatively long hinges in the wall-sections provided with a lock by which the housing can be held in the general form of a ring-like magazine and having means for holding cartridges in positions adapted to fit them equally well in the several channels of the drum ofa revolver when the magazine is placed over the end of a drum in open reloading position.

2. In a cartridge magazine, a housing made in hingedly interconnected sections provided with cartridge holders of partially cylindrical forms with their individual central axes aligned parallel around a common center and with their discharging openings formed by such partially cylindrical forms arranged tangentially with respect to the common center. 1

3. In a cartridge magazine, a housing made in hingedly interconnected sections provided with a look by which the sections can be held in the general form to practically come into alignment with the outer cylindrical contours of the drum of a revolver, holders for car ridges of partially cylindrical forms with their individual central axes aligned parallel around a common center and with their discharging openings formed by such partially cylindrical forms arranged tangentially with respect to the common center, and a handie on one of the sections of the housing by which the lock can be unlocked and the several sections can be swung with respect to the hinge interconnections to facilitate a removal of the whole housing from the cartridges when inserted into the drum of a revolver in a sidewise substantially tangential direction with respect to the drum.

4. In a cartridge-magazine, a housing made in hingedly interconnected sections, and clips of flat spring material mounted on the sections andadapted to partially encircle cartridges for holding them in a proper parallel alignment, the ends of the clips being spaced forming open sides, the sections being swingable by their hinge interconnections into a circular form with a common center and so as to bring said open sides into a tangential relation to such a center.

5. A cartridge magazine for use with a revolver having a rotatable drum, the loading end of which may be fully exposed for loading purposes, comprising: an annular cartridge holder consisting of a number of parts hinged together to form a series, said parts being swingable from circular to substantially rectilinear position; yieldable means for releasably holding said parts in circular position; means on said. parts for releasably holding a complement of cartridges around a central axis and in such position that the-y will enter the cartridge chambers of said drum, said means engaging the rearward ends of said cartridges and releasing said cartridges when said parts are moved in a direction approximately radially and spirally outwardly relative to said axis; and a ring-shaped handle on an end. part of said series of parts for-unrolling said series of parts in consecutive order from around a complement of cartridges projecting into said cartridge chambersof said drum, said unrolling of said series of parts consisting of the consecutive movement of said parts from circular position toward rectilinear position as said drum rotates on said axis.

6. A cartridge magazine for use with a revolver having a rotatable drum, the loading end of which may be fully exposed for loading purposes comprising: an annular cartridge holder consisting of a number of parts hinged together to form a series, said parts being swin able from circular position to substantially rectilinear position; means on said parts for releasably holding a complement of cartridges around a central axis and in such position that they will enter the cartridge chambers of said drum, said means engaging the rearward ends of said cartridges and releasing said cartridges when said parts are moved in a direction approximately radially and spirally outwardly relative to said axis; and a handle on an end part of said series of parts for ,unrolling said series of parts in consecutive order from around a complement of cartridges projecting into said cartridge chambers of said drum, said unrolling of said series of parts consisting of the consecutive movement of. said parts from circular position toward rectilinear position as said drum rotates on said axis.

7. A cartridge magazine for use with a revolver having a rotatable drum, the loading end of which may be fully exposed for loading purposes, comprising: an annular cartridge holder consisting of a number of parts hinged together to form a series, said parts being swingable from circular position to extended position; means on said parts for releasably holding a complement of cartridges around a central axis and in such pow sition that they will enter the cartridge chambers of said drum, said means releasing said cartridges when said parts are moved in a direction approximately radially outwardly relative to said axis; and a handle on an end part of said series of parts for unrolling said series of parts in consecutive order from around a complement of cartridges projecting into said cartridge chambers of said drum.

8. A cartrid e magazine (for use with a revolver having a drum so mounted that it may be thrown into loading position with the breech end of the drum fully accessible for loading, the drum being free to rotate when in said loading position) comprising: a plurality of cartridge-carrying members; means on each of said members for detachably securing a cartridge thereto; means for pivot-ally securing said members together to i'orm a lineal series which may be closed to form a ring of such proportions that the cartridges carried thereby are in proper position to enter the cartridge chambers of said drum; a detachable lock securing the ends of said lineal series together when closed in the form of a ring; and a handle secured to one of said members and so placed that an outward pull thereon after said cartridges- CARL OTTO. 

